Hi Tamas, I=92m actually relatively new to the San Diego area myself so I was going t= o see if we had any native San Diegans who wanted to comment before me but I see not. So I=92ll take a crack at it. I moved to North County from MN abou= t two and a half years ago. The company I work for is based out of Vista. I briefly lived just north of San Diego County when I moved here; I've been in Oceanside now for almost 2 years, and am currently looking for places in the San Marcos area. My sister recently moved from LA to the South Park neighborhood of SD. I=92m about 45 minutes =96 1 hour north of her and she= =92s pretty darn close to the heart of SD. The best electronics component shop I=92ve found by far is Fry=92s Electron= ics. I=92m a regular at the one in San Marcos; there is one in SD proper as well= .. For tools beyond Fry=92s scope there is Harbor Freight, Sears, a few independent shops and Matco/Snap-On/Mac, etc tool trucks all over. Here=92s the =93standard=94 list of places to see (in no particular order): =B7 Old Town =B7 Sea World =B7 Gaslamp Quarter =B7 Coronado Island =B7 San Diego Zoo =B7 USS Midway =B7 La Jolla =B7 Beaches =96 Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach =B7 Legoland (preferably if you=92ve got kids) =B7 Torrey Pines if you=92re into golf Surfing is obviously a very popular thing to do; there are more beaches than I could list. If you like Mexican food you will probably be in heaven. Fish tacos are amazing! If you=92re looking for a good intro to the fish ta= co I would recommend Rubio=92s, several locations. Often you find the best foo= d at little stands during street fairs (oh there=92s a lot of those too). Dis= c golfing is also popular, courses abound. The Chargers are the dominant sports team, the Padres are popular as well. Since there is no local professional basketball team the Lakers are mostly the adopted team although college basketball if important here too. If you=92re a hockey fan like me, well good luck to you! The Spanish language influence is big. Having a good understanding of it can only improve the quality of your stay. It is absolutely not necessary however; this isn=92t Montreal or anything like that. Everyone speaks Engli= sh but you will find yourself picking up some Espa=F1ol without even trying. Most people will strongly encourage you to NOT go to Tijuana these days. There was also the recent South Park television show episode which culminated in one of the characters making a brief trip to SD. Please don= =92t think the activities detailed therein are indicative of normal San Diegans. The show did a great job of nailing all the main SD attractions though. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82452372/ Enjoy the weather! :) - cp On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrot= e: > Hi List, > > Is anyone from San Diego by any chance? I am just settling down here, and > was wondering if there are any good tool and component shops over here or > nearby? > > Also any kind of information would be much appreciated which is not > necessarily related to electronics (things to see, places to avoid, good > restaurants etc) > > Many thanks, > Tamas > -- > int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; > printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", > q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .